Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 248 Ker
Judgement Date : 11 January, 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.S.MANIKUMAR
&
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAJI P.CHALY
TUESDAY, THE 11TH DAY OF JANUARY 2022 / 21ST POUSHA, 1943
CON.CASE(C) NO. 1985 OF 2020
AGAINST THE JUDGMENT IN WP(C) 13894/2020 OF HIGH COURT OF KERALA
PETITIONER/PETITIONER IN WRIT PETITION:
L.L.SREEJITH BABU
AGED 62 YEARS
S/O.LAMBODHARAN.K,SANDHYA NIVAS,
MUNDAKKAL WEST,KOLLAM-691010.
BY ADV B.BILWIN
RESPONDENT/1ST RESPONDENT IN WRIT PETITION:
HARI KUMAR
(AGE AND FATHERS NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER),
THE SECRETARY,
KOLLAM CORPORATION,KOLLAM-691001.
BY ADVS.
SRI.M.K.CHANDRA MOHAN DAS,SC,KOLLAM MPT
SRI.K.P.HARISH, SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER
THIS CONTEMPT OF COURT CASE (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION
ON 11.01.2022, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
COC No.1985 of 2020 2
JUDGMENT
Dated this the 11th day of January, 2022
S. MANIKUMAR, CJ.
Being aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondent -
Secretary, Kollam Corporation, to remove the encroachment within the
time, in terms of the judgment in W.P.(C) No.13894 of 2020 dated
17.8.2020, instant contempt petition is filed.
2. Mr.K.P.Harish, learned Senior Government Pleader, submitted that
after completion of survey, a report has been submitted to the Secretary,
Kollam Corporation on 8th December, 2021. As regards removal of
encroachments, though directed to be done within two months from the
date of receipt of a copy of the judgment, Mr.M.K.Chandramohan Das,
learned Standing Counsel for respondent, submitted that after the receipt of
survey report, notice has been issued to the alleged encroachers 8 in
number, directing them to remove the encroachment within 15 days.
3. In as much as directions have been issued as early as on 17 th
August, 2020, the Secretary, Kollam Corporation - respondent, is directed
to proceed further in the process of removal of the encroachment, without
giving room for any further litigation.
Contempt petition is closed accordingly, granting liberty to the
petitioner to revive the contempt petition, at any later stage, if so required.
Sd/-
S.MANIKUMAR CHIEF JUSTICE
Sd/-
SHAJI P.CHALY
smv JUDGE
APPENDIX OF CON.CASE(C) 1985/2020
PETITIONER'S ANNEXURES
ANNEXURE A1 CERTIFIED COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED
17.8.2020 IN W.P(C)NO.13894/2020.
ANNEXURE A2 TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER DT.17.9.2020
FORWARDING THE JUDGMENT OF THIS HON'BLE COURT TO THE 1ST RESPONDENT.
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